Auditions take place time to time

You can freely send your resume to mlafayetteusa@gmail.com, and a video recording of any early and/or classical music repertoire as a free applicant

 

On your email, please include:

  • First and last name
  • Adress
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Date and place of birth
  • Musical school and teachers
  • Professional experiences
  • Your top 3 arias/pieces and composers you like to play

 

 

Auditions

What to prepare for the 2022 audition

1. For INSTRUMENTALISTS :

 

Pieces to be played (Feel free to play the easiest stroke of the bow you prefer) in 440:

  • STRINGS

Violins: 

Haydn Creation - violin 1,  mvt 4 from Allegro assai, m.7 to 19 Quarter note = 142

Haydn Creation - violin 1,  mvt 7 from Allegro assai, m.2 to 13.   Quarter note = 146 

Haydn Creation - violin 1,  mvt 24 from Andante, m.1 to 11.   Quarter note = 64 

Haydn Creation - violin 2, mvt 7, m.1 to 12 included Quarter note = 146 / Click here to download the violin Haydn scores

Lully - De Profundis extract, m.1 to 20 Half note = 58 / Click here to download the Lully page

Violas: 

Haydn Creation - viola,  mvt 3 Andante, from m.2 to 16.   Half note = 72

Haydn Creation - viola,  mvt 7 from Allegro assai, m.2 to 12.   Quarter note = 146 Quarter note = 146 / Click here to download the Haydn scores

Lully - Dies Irae extract, m.1 to 18 Half note = 58 / Click here to download the Lully viola page

Celli and double bass: 

Beethoven 9th symphony, 4th mvt, from m.449 to 477. Dotted quarter note = 120 / Click here to download the Beethoven score

Lully - Dies Irae extract, m.14 to 21 Half note = 58 / Click here to download the Lully score

 

 

Let us know if you:

- play several instruments (violin+ viola for exemple, with the one you prefer play)

- own a historical instrument: Please bring it to play on 

- have any preference about playing position (first violin, viola...), willing to play as a soloist...

 

For any other instrument, we'll send you the scores when you send in your application

 

 

2. For SINGERS (baroque music sung in 415, Classic ones in 440) :

 

- For all singers : Lully De Profundis, m.50 to 60  Half note = 58  /  Click here to download the pages

Sopranos :

Haendel Giulio Cesare : "Piangero", second part allegro m.48 to 69  /  Click here for the score

Haydn :  The Creation (sang in german) : 15th mvt, from measure 3 of the first page to the letter D at the beginning of the 2nd one. Half note = 66  / Click here for this Haydn score 

Mezzos :

Lully : Miserere extract m.5 to 12, sing the "A1" line   /   Click here for downloading the score

Haendel : Serse "Ombra mai fu" E version extract : m.5 of the first page to the end  /  Click here for the score

Altos : 

Haendel : Serse "Ombra mai fu" D version extract : m.5 of the first page to the end  /   Click here for the score

Lully : Miserere extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T1" line of these 2 pages  Half note = 58  /   Click here for the score

High tenors (tenors 1) :

Bach St Mattew passion "Geduld" extract  from the beginning of the page to letter A /  Click here for the score

Lully : De Profundis : extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T1" line of these 2 pages  Half note = 58 /   Click here for the score

Lower Tenors (tenors 2) :

Bach Magnificat : "Deposuit" extract, from the beginning to m.28  /   Click here for the score

Lully : Miserere extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T1" OR "T2" line  (choose whatever corresponds better to your voice) of these 2 pages  Half note = 58 / Click here for the score

Barytones-Basses :

Lully : Miserere extract m.1 to 12 sing the "T2" OR "B1" line  (choose whatever corresponds better to your voice) of these 2 pages  Half note = 58      Click here for the score

Lully : "De profundis"  extract  m.27 to 37 Half note = 62  /   Click here for the score

Haydn : Creation mvt 6 extract. Beginning with the 6 first measures at A. Then, follow the measures which are not erased / Click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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